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Evening all I'm heading south in a week to clear up three sycamore and a beech which my folks have had cut down in their garden - all very different from the ubiquitous spruce which plagues us here in Argyll. One of the sycamore trunks is a steady 3-4ft diameter and would appear to lend itself to milling. Any thoughts as to what it could be used for? I know the grain is usually pretty dull but wondered if it might be suitable for anything other than firewood as there is plenty of that to be had from the other trees!

Thanks both for the input I had another look at the hazel section at the weekend - it is less than 3m out of a total hedge length of close to 60m, the majority being rhododendron and similar evergreens. It is nothing like a typical hedge, more of a boundary melee of greenery. I also now realise that topping it is likely to be a disaster! After previous input to this thread I think I have decided that whilst laying it as a formal hedge is within my capabilities and would be an interesting exercise in itself, it isn't necessarily going to provide what we are looking for in the short-medium term - ie a relatively dense screen about 8' high. I'm therefore intending to do a mixture of both approaches which were suggested - ie coppice and laying. The more suitable branches I will lay as pleachers (most likely those which point out towards the road and would otherwise have to be removed). The taller, more established limbs I will coppice in the hope that this improves the screening effect. I only have three stumps to work with so options are limited!

That applies to much of life tbh!

Aye, but it is Wales!

You say you run the stove all winter. Do you open it up at all to burn off the creosote, or does it tend to be 'shut-down' most of the time and smoulder away?

Not to mention the drainage, water supply, BT and electric networks etc

Fixed that for you!

Yet more big brother, or is this sensible. I can think of no event in my 60-odd years on this planet that would have merited such a systen: Public emergency alerts to be sent to all UK mobile phones WWW.BBC.CO.UK The government will send people loud, siren-like warnings to alert them when there is a risk to life.

Whatever he uses - definitely not varnish. Once it begins to go you have to take it all off and start again.

And so it continues SNP chief executive Peter Murrell resigns over membership row WWW.BBC.CO.UK Peter Murrell has resigned from the role with immediate effect, the party has confirmed.

Did FC stipulate or did they agree to your proposal/request to remove stumps? As others have said, something appears awry

Have to admit my first thought was three days if getting paid on a daily rate, two if fixed!

And this clown is currently the hot favourite to win the race for First Minister FFS

That was pretty f***ing brazen at 7pm!

It's the irony that got me Either that or, from a teachers perspective, it could be seen that it is the parents getting in the way

Plymouth trees: Call for independent inquiry into felling WWW.BBC.CO.UK The felling of 110 city centre trees is a "shameful and shocking act", Plymouth Green Party says. How to make friends and influence people!

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Embarrassed to admit that as a former geographer my first thought was 'Central Business District' 🤪

Ditto!

Not quite but almost! Whilst not quite of that vintage, I was a student in Manchester between '83 and '86 and have very fond memories of the Hacienda! (before tha rave scene effectively killed it off)

That'll be 'song' in the loosest sense!